Finding Beer
Food & Drink
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Finding Beer is a brewery search engine to find the best breweries wherever you travel. With a straightforward color-coded scale and a rich database of breweries and beer styles, it's easy to connect with places that match your preferences. Whether you're exploring local spots or venturing abroad, the app helps you discover breweries making popular hazy IPAs to classic Czech Pilsners. It's a practical tool to guide you to quality beer and great brewery experiences, no matter where you are.
more Added the ability to view every purple and red pin in the world on a map. Also, on the Beer Style Information page, example beers now click to the brewery.
4.1.0 29 Jan
Fixing a bug that prevented users from logging in with a username and password.
4.0.1 09/08/2025
We've completely rebuilt Finding Beer from the ground up, delivering a faster, more reliable, and beautiful experience for discovering the best breweries wherever you go. This version includes the same general design but with a fresh new look. It also allows you to easily use single sign on to take advantage of keeping track of the breweries you visit.
4.0.0 03/08/2025
The app is now faster! The main screens of the app should be a bit more responsive upon loading now.
3.14 27/01/2025
The last release introduced some unfortunate visual quirks. This patch addresses some styling to make the experience like it was before.
3.13 12/12/2024
This new version addresses bug fixes and makes it much easier to sign up for a new account. In addition, this version allows us to show you even more breweries than ever before with some key updates under the hood.
3.12 11/12/2024
Each Guide now shows the the top metro areas for the region and it's stats. Also, you will not find a beer style guide in the more section with a description of each beer style and the notable beers for each section.
3.11 16/05/2024
Added a beer category description for each beer. Also improved color accuracy for beer types.
3.10 19/03/2024
Finally! Descriptions now appear whenever you click on a beer. You can read about the beer and then either view the brewery or link to an app commonly used for checking into beers.
Separately, Guide and Brewery pages now show the percentage of beers in different quality categories instead of it's 0-5 point rating. This makes it a lot easier to understand what people think of the beer they are drinking overall from a specific brewery.
3.9 04/01/2024
Visual enhancements, speed improvements, minor feature improvements and bug fixes.
3.8 06/11/2023
Bug Fixes, Feature Enhancements, and overall brewery algorithm improvements.
3.7 19/10/2023
Revamped the old "Lists" screen and rolled out a new "Best Of" experience. This screen showcases the best breweries, best metro areas, and a top list of beers in every style.
3.6 12/10/2023
- Rebuilt the login and create account functionality to be more user friendly and modern.
- Users can also now use finding beer without needing an account.
- You can now access all of your saved breweries in a list on the "More" Screen
- Rolled out an updated logo
- Various bug fixes and enhancements
3.5 19/09/2023
Added a Beer Rating Distribution and Brewery Locations for each region on the guide. There is also a new FAQ page and an easier way to contact us. Finally, a few visual improvements and bug fixes to finish off this release.
3.4 28/08/2023
Redesigned the Guide page to include a lot more detail for each region including over all region rating and region beer style information. Bug fixes & other minor enhancements.
3.3 07/08/2023
This release is loaded with UI improvements and some important new features:
- Save what breweries you've had, liked, and visited.
- Show these breweries on a map
- New map view lets you see where all the red & purple pins are around the world
3.2 05/02/2023
Each Guide now shows the top 10 new beers for each location. There is also a new list that tracks popular new beers so you know what hit the shelf and people are excited about.
3.1 15/12/2022
- Breweries can now be filtered by the style you're looking for! For instance, if you are hankering for an IPA, you can show only the breweries on the map that brew them. The same goes for Sours, Stouts, Lagers, and Saisons.
- We've deprecated the "Green" color coding in our algorithm as it was too confusing. This color was used when we had a limited amount of information to make a decision. For the most part, many of these breweries have so little activity that they aren't worth including in this app. However, we were also too liberally placing breweries in this "unknown" grouping and prevented some from having an accurate color sooner. Keep in mind, there is typically lots of rating volatility with newer breweries.
- Fixed some bugs where the incorrect rating of a brewery was showing up in search.
- We also made considerable improvements to our algorithm to address the over-inflation of some beer styles and the under-inflation of others. As a result this has showcased breweries that brew high quality lagers. Although this change has been rolled out over the last week, it's worth mentioning here.
2.22 08/05/2022
Bug Fixes and Small Feature Enhancements
2.21 02/01/2022
This version has general bug fixes and improvements.
2.20 02/01/2021
Minor bug fixes and feature enhancements.
2.19 06/12/2020
Lots of tweaks to make Finding Beer even more helpful. Notable new features are a popularity rating and more filters in the "List" menu.
2.18 22/03/2020
Simplified the map UI, making it easier to search for locations and breweries. Several bug fixes and other minor enhancements.
2.17 03/02/2020
Updated the Local Guide to be more useful and simple. Get a quick glimpse of the best beer every where you travel while still having sortable lists for IPAs, Stouts, and Sours. It's also easy to scroll through every local guide in the United States, Canada, and Australia with the added buttons at the top.
2.16 16/11/2019
Improvements to the Brewery List data with a variety of new categories. A few bugs were addressed and some small features were added.
2.15 27/08/2019
Added the ability to view every purple and red pin in the world on a map. Also, on the Beer Style Information page, example beers now click to the brewery.
more Version 4.1.0 29 Jan
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